Cannot run in production mode - production-environment

Question

I have a donejs application and its running ok in development mode donejs develop, but when I run it in production mode:
donejs build
donejs deploy (to firebase)
NODE_ENV=production donejs start
it will not start and show an error (see CODE A)
This file: file:my-app/dist/bundles/my-app/index.js:704 corresponds to JQuery 3.x and its not a dependency of the project itself but a dependency of can-connect-feathers (https://github.com/canjs/can-connect-feathers). In fact in index.js there is also included JQuery 2.x what makes me think there might be some sort of incompatibility among them.
I already tried changing the project's dependency to JQuery 3.x but didn't help. Actually it will make even donejs develop fail (see CODE B).
I also tried the following:
cd my-app/node_modules/steal
npm install
but didn't help, another error appears and finally tried cd my-app/node_modules/can && npm install but that end up in multiple errors.
I'm using:
donejs#0.9.2
node#4.6.2
npm#2.15.11
can-connect-feathers#1.2.1
CODE A
NODE_ENV=production donejs start
my-app#0.0.0 start my-app
done-serve --proxy http://localhost:3030 --port 8080
done-serve starting on http://localhost:8080
Potentially unhandled rejection [5] TypeError: Error loading "package.json!npm" at file:my-app/package.json
Error loading "bundles/my-app/index" at file:my-app/dist/bundles/my-app/index.js
Error evaluating file:my-app/dist/bundles/my-app/index.js
Cannot read property 'createElement' of undefined
at i (file:my-app/dist/bundles/my-app/index.js:704:20)
at file:my-app/dist/bundles/my-app/index.js:1039:2881
at file:my-app/dist/bundles/my-app/index.js:1039:3580
at file:my-app/dist/bundles/my-app/index.js:268:21
at file:my-app/dist/bundles/my-app/index.js:268:27
at Object.exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:54:17)
at doEval (my-app/node_modules/steal/node_modules/steal-systemjs/dist/system.src.js:2059:10)
at __eval (my-app/node_modules/steal/node_modules/steal-systemjs/dist/system.src.js:1976:7)
at Loader.exec [as __exec] (my-app/node_modules/steal/node_modules/steal-systemjs/dist/system.src.js:339:5)
at Loader.loader.instantiate (my-app/node_modules/steal/node_modules/steal-systemjs/dist/system.src.js:1517:16)
CODE B
donejs develop
my-app#0.0.0 develop my-app
done-serve --develop --proxy http://localhost:3030 --port 8080
done-serve starting on http://localhost:8080
Potentially unhandled rejection [8] Error: Error loading "my-app#0.0.0#index.stache!done-autorender#0.8.0#autorender" at <unknown>
Error loading "can#2.3.27#util/jquery/jquery" at file:my-app/node_modules/can/util/jquery/jquery.js
Error loading "can#2.3.27#util/jquery/jquery" from "done-autorender#0.8.0#autorender" at file:my-app/node_modules/done-autorender/src/autorender.js
Did not find ./node_modules/can/node_modules/jquery/package.json
at FetchTask.utils.extend.next (file:my-app/node_modules/steal/ext/npm-crawl.js:532:11)
at file:my-app/node_modules/steal/ext/npm-crawl.js:556:33
at tryCatchReject (my-app/node_modules/steal/node_modules/steal-systemjs/node_modules/steal-es6-module-loader/dist/es6-module-loader.src.js:1183:30)
at runContinuation1 (my-app/node_modules/steal/node_modules/steal-systemjs/node_modules/steal-es6-module-loader/dist/es6-module-loader.src.js:1142:4)
at Fulfilled.when (my-app/node_modules/steal/node_modules/steal-systemjs/node_modules/steal-es6-module-loader/dist/es6-module-loader.src.js:930:4)
at Pending.run (my-app/node_modules/steal/node_modules/steal-systemjs/node_modules/steal-es6-module-loader/dist/es6-module-loader.src.js:821:13)
at Scheduler._drain (my-app/node_modules/steal/node_modules/steal-systemjs/node_modules/steal-es6-module-loader/dist/es6-module-loader.src.js:97:19)
at Scheduler.drain (my-app/node_modules/steal/node_modules/steal-systemjs/node_modules/steal-es6-module-loader/dist/es6-module-loader.src.js:62:9)
at nextTickCallbackWith0Args (node.js:436:9)
at process._tickCallback (node.js:365:13)
Potentially unhandled rejection [16] Error: Error loading "can#2.3.27#util/jquery/jquery" at file:my-app/node_modules/can/util/jquery/jquery.js
Error loading "can#2.3.27#util/jquery/jquery" from "my-app#0.0.0#index.stache!done-autorender#0.8.0#autorender" at file:my-app/src/index.stache
Did not find ./node_modules/can/node_modules/jquery/package.json
at FetchTask.utils.extend.next (file:my-app/node_modules/steal/ext/npm-crawl.js:532:11)
at file:my-app/node_modules/steal/ext/npm-crawl.js:556:33
at tryCatchReject (my-app/node_modules/steal/node_modules/steal-systemjs/node_modules/steal-es6-module-loader/dist/es6-module-loader.src.js:1183:30)
at runContinuation1 (my-app/node_modules/steal/node_modules/steal-systemjs/node_modules/steal-es6-module-loader/dist/es6-module-loader.src.js:1142:4)
at Fulfilled.when (my-app/node_modules/steal/node_modules/steal-systemjs/node_modules/steal-es6-module-loader/dist/es6-module-loader.src.js:930:4)
at Pending.run (my-app/node_modules/steal/node_modules/steal-systemjs/node_modules/steal-es6-module-loader/dist/es6-module-loader.src.js:821:13)
at Scheduler._drain (my-app/node_modules/steal/node_modules/steal-systemjs/node_modules/steal-es6-module-loader/dist/es6-module-loader.src.js:97:19)
at Scheduler.drain (my-app/node_modules/steal/node_modules/steal-systemjs/node_modules/steal-es6-module-loader/dist/es6-module-loader.src.js:62:9)
at nextTickCallbackWith0Args (node.js:436:9)
at process._tickCallback (node.js:365:13)

Answer 1

If the double jQuery installation is the issue, it should be resolved by version 2.0.0, which is exactly the same as the 1.0 version, but requires that you pass in a jQuery package as the jquery option. So, in addition to whatever else you had in your can-connect-feathers config, you'll need to provide the jquery option:
import $ from 'jquery'
import Feathers from 'can-connect-feathers';
new Feathers({
jquery: $
});